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Early morning game drive

By Taylor Schlichting (Colby College)   5:45am wakeup, 6:00am breakfast is the daily routine. We sit around the table, quietly munching on our oatmeal with peanut butter, our bodies still numb from sleep. Since it is too early for the…

Namibia

Inaugural Bush Camp

By Rebecca McGehee (Carleton College) Written on October 3rd, 2014.   After spending all of last week around Wereldsend (our charming base camp in Palmwag Concession), we were all excited to go bush-camping. On Monday, September 29th, we packed up…

Namibia

Lizards already!

By Jay Bongey (Northland College)   Hi everyone! Jay here at Round River Namibia. So it has been our first week here and I can tell you it has been AMAZING. It officially started at the Namibia airport where everyone involved…

Namibia

First week in Namibia

By Sam Wasserman (Colby College)   After driving along the dirt roads of northwest Namibia for 8 hours from Windhoek, we arrived at Wereldsend, our base camp oasis in the middle of the desert. We all eagerly moved into our…

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World Rhino Day

Today is World Rhino Day, and at Round River we are reflecting on the work we have done over the years with our Namibia Student Program assisting groups such as Save the Rhino Trust.  We hope that our efforts in…